Reputation: 67
I want to learn GraphQL and I am coding an example that represents a Book-Shop where users can be the author of multiple books.
My problem is that I can't define a list of the type "BookType" in UserType (GraphQLObjectType). The strange thing is that it throws no error when a BookType has an author.
user.js (UserType):
const {
GraphQLList,
GraphQLID,
GraphQLString,
GraphQLObjectType,
GraphQLNonNull,
GraphQLInt,
} = require('graphql');
const BookType = require('./book');
const BookSchema = require('../db/models/book');
console.log(BookType);
module.exports = new GraphQLObjectType({
name: 'User',
fields: () => ({
id: { type: new GraphQLNonNull(GraphQLID) },
name: { type: new GraphQLNonNull(GraphQLString) },
books: {
type: new GraphQLList(BookType),
resolve(parent, args){
return BookSchema.find({_id: parent.id});
}
}
})
});
book.js (BookType):
const {
GraphQLID,
GraphQLString,
GraphQLObjectType,
GraphQLNonNull,
GraphQLInt } = require('graphql');
const UserType = require('./user');
const UserSchema = require('../db/models/user');
console.log(UserType);
module.exports = new GraphQLObjectType({
name: 'Book',
fields: () => ({
id: { type: new GraphQLNonNull(GraphQLID) },
author: {
type: UserType,
resolve(parent, args){
return UserSchema.findOne({_id: parent.author});
}
},
title: { type: new GraphQLNonNull(GraphQLString) },
sites: { type: new GraphQLNonNull(GraphQLInt) }
})
});
As you can see I log BookType and UserType. Strangely I get an empty object when I log BookType.
Output:
console.log(BookType) --> {}
console.log(UserType) --> User
Here is the error:
Error: Expected [object Object] to be a GraphQL type.
at invariant (/media/lorenz/DATA/Privat/Programmieren/JavaScript/NodeJS/bookShop/node_modules/graphql/jsutils/invariant.js:19:11)
at assertType (/media/lorenz/DATA/Privat/Programmieren/JavaScript/NodeJS/bookShop/node_modules/graphql/type/definition.js:88:43)
at new GraphQLList (/media/lorenz/DATA/Privat/Programmieren/JavaScript/NodeJS/bookShop/node_modules/graphql/type/definition.js:258:19)
at fields (/media/lorenz/DATA/Privat/Programmieren/JavaScript/NodeJS/bookShop/src/types/user.js:21:19)
at resolveThunk (/media/lorenz/DATA/Privat/Programmieren/JavaScript/NodeJS/bookShop/node_modules/graphql/type/definition.js:370:40)
at defineFieldMap (/media/lorenz/DATA/Privat/Programmieren/JavaScript/NodeJS/bookShop/node_modules/graphql/type/definition.js:532:18)
at GraphQLObjectType.getFields (/media/lorenz/DATA/Privat/Programmieren/JavaScript/NodeJS/bookShop/node_modules/graphql/type/definition.js:506:44)
at typeMapReducer (/media/lorenz/DATA/Privat/Programmieren/JavaScript/NodeJS/bookShop/node_modules/graphql/type/schema.js:232:38)
at /media/lorenz/DATA/Privat/Programmieren/JavaScript/NodeJS/bookShop/node_modules/graphql/type/schema.js:239:20
at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
at typeMapReducer (/media/lorenz/DATA/Privat/Programmieren/JavaScript/NodeJS/bookShop/node_modules/graphql/type/schema.js:232:51)
at /media/lorenz/DATA/Privat/Programmieren/JavaScript/NodeJS/bookShop/node_modules/graphql/type/schema.js:239:20
at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
at typeMapReducer (/media/lorenz/DATA/Privat/Programmieren/JavaScript/NodeJS/bookShop/node_modules/graphql/type/schema.js:232:51)
at Array.reduce (<anonymous>)
at new GraphQLSchema (/media/lorenz/DATA/Privat/Programmieren/JavaScript/NodeJS/bookShop/node_modules/graphql/type/schema.js:122:28)
Upvotes: 1
Views: 936
Reputation: 15489
you are repeating a lot of code here. I would begin my creating one file, call it schema.js
.
Work on developing your RootQuery
, here is an example that could help:
const RootQuery = new GraphQLObjectType({
name: 'RootQueryType',
fields: {
user: {
type: UserType,
args: { id: { type: GraphQLString } },
resolve(parentValue, args) {
return axios
.get(`http://localhost:3000/users/${args.id}`)
.then(res => res.data);
}
},
company: {
type: CompanyType,
args: { id: { type: GraphQLString } },
resolve(parentValue, args) {
return axios
.get(`http://localhost:3000/companies/${args.id}`)
.then(res => res.data);
}
}
}
});
export that and then for UserType and others create functions out of them. Here is an example of that:
const UserType = new GraphQLObjectType({
name: 'User',
fields: () => ({
id: { type: GraphQLString },
firstName: { type: GraphQLString },
age: { type: GraphQLInt },
company: {
type: CompanyType,
resolve(parentValue, args) {
return axios
.get(`http://localhost:3000/companies/${parentValue.companyId}`)
.then(res => res.data);
}
}
})
});
So instead of exporting GraphQLObjectType
for each one, you can just export one time
module.exports = new GraphQLSchema({ query: RootQuery });
Upvotes: 0